Thursday, August 17, 2017

I would like to see everyone unite and condemn this- Come on you twits on twitter! Anti social maniacs. "Antifa" phonies- Instead you all serve the elites and foment their divide to conquer strategy. Useful idiots as tools to be manipulated.As my hubby's baba would have gestured in an expression of extreme disgust "I spit on you all"

Damascus called
on the UN Security Council to "stop the US-led coalition's crimes
against Syrian citizens," a statement issued by the Syrian Foreign
Ministry said.

"Syria
calls again on the UN Security Council to fulfull its obligations
for the sake of peace and security, and to stop the crimes of the US-led
coalition against Syrian citizens," the document read.

In the statement released by the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Damascus once againaccused the coalition of using white phosphorus, prohibited by international convention, to destroy infrastructure and kill civilians.

"[These actions] have become systematic. The
coalition neglects the basics of international law, international
humanitarian law and human rights," the statement said.

US-led coalition aircraft operate within Syria without official permission from Damascus.I've covered the US use of white phosphorus in previous posts, particularly in Raqqa.It has, however, been widely reported the US recently used white phosphorus in Mosul also.Ethnic cleansing folks. Ethnic cleansing is what the US led coalition has been up to in that region. Ethnic cleansing needed to create a refugee stream into Europe (weaponized as an assault on the people of Europe) To change the demographics of entire areas in order to skew elections etc. to bring about the desired change

Don't forget the pacification of Fallujah in Iraq more then a decade ago...

The study, entitled "Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in
Fallujah, Iraq 2005-2009", is by Dr Busby, Malak Hamdan and Entesar
Ariabi, and concludes that anecdotal
evidence of a sharp rise in cancer and congenital birth defects is
correct. Infant mortality was found to be 80 per 1,000 births compared
to 19 in Egypt, 17 in Jordan and 9.7 in Kuwait. The report says
that the types of cancer are "similar to that in the Hiroshima
survivors who were exposed to ionising radiation from the bomb and
uranium in the fallout".

Researchers found a 38-fold increase in leukaemia, a ten-fold increase in female breast cancer and significant increases in lymphoma and brain tumours
in adults. At Hiroshima survivors showed a 17-fold increase in
leukaemia, but in Fallujah Dr Busby says what is striking is not only
the greater prevalence of cancer but the speed with which it was
affecting people.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The Israeli government’s main worry as the civil war next door has evolved is Tehran’s growing influence over the Syrian regime

The alleged missile site can clearly be seen on Google Maps

New imagery released by imageSat, which operates Israel’s EROS-B satellite, reportedly show the first ever Scud missile factory being built inside war torn Syria.

The pictures from a site near Latakia on the Syrian-government controlled coastline resembles a missile plant in Tehran, Israeli media reports said on Tuesday.

The alleged site. Who alleges it? The Israelis, of course!

Experts told Channel 2 the sophisticated construction could not have been undertaken without Iranian experts operating inside Syria. They believe the facility, on which work began at some point last year, has both production and underground storage capabilities of long-range missiles which are capable of striking Israel. They believe it will be completed by the end of 2017.

It emerged last week that Israeli officials had tried to thwart a recent US and Russian brokered peace deal regarding Syria’s restive south over worries it gave Iran too much power.

Some individual or group of individuals conspired (breathed together towards a common goal) to have 7 members of the "White Helmets" executed. This occurrence has to be documented here.“tying up the loose ends”

Seven member of the Syrian White Helmets rescue group were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Saturday, sparking a manhunt and deep suspicions in the rebel-controlled province of Idlib.

The men were killed in their operations centre in the village of Sarmin at dawn on Saturday. Two of their vehicles as well as several of their distinctive white helmets were stolen, the group said.

The White Helmets have been lauded (and financed) by Western countries for saving civilian lives in opposition areas in Syria and in 2016 they narrowly missed out on winning the Nobel Peace prize.

The group also operates in areas controlled by jihadists and supporters of the Assad regime regularly accuse them of allying with terrorists.

Idlib province is now mainly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist rebel group that is dominated by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda.

Activists in Idlib said they were baffled by the killings but did not think that HTS was responsible. The group has not targeted White Helmets in the past.

One theory was that agents of the Assad regime had killed the men to create suspicion and distrust between rival rebel groups.

Could have been someone allied with the Assad government? Or not.

HTS recently fought an open battle against Ahrar al-Sham, another prominent rebel group, and there is lingering distrust in Idlib as a result.

“The ones who did this are clever. They want to make conflicts worse between the rebel groups and show that there is no security and no safety in the opposition areas,” said Abdulkafe al-Hamdo, an English teacher in Idlib.

Another theory is that the killings were the work of a criminal gang, who wanted to steal equipment from the White Helmets centre. Two vans were taken from the centre as well as several motorcycles and some walkie-talkie equipment.

One of the vans was later found burned out on the edge of a field several miles from the centre.

One the vans stolen from the White Helmets centre was later found burned out in a field pic.twitter.com/gtkM0UV3QK — Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) August 12, 2017

The White Helmets centre is close to several other houses in the village of Sarmin but neighbours said they had not heard any gunfire during the night. That raises the possibility the White Helmets were killed with silenced weapons.

A chief liaison officer of the White Helmets has acknowledged to RT that his organization, which claims to be “non-governmental” and “neutral,” receives funding and equipment from several western states, including the US, the UK and Germany.

“We do not hide it, we admit [that] there is funding from the USA, from the UK, from Germany, from Netherlands,” Abdulrahman Al Mawwas, the chief liaison officer of the White Helmets, told RT after a meeting with top French officials including President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Wednesday.

Western funding and friends in high places. Perhaps it was time to cut the ties that bind?

Monday, August 14, 2017

A delegation of Israeli defense officials will visit Washington later this week for talks with senior White House and American defense officials. Haaretz has learned that the delegation will be headed by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, and he will be joined by the head of the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi, as well as the head of the Defense Ministry's political-security department, Zohar Palti.

Yossi Cohen and Netanyahu

A senior White House official said that the Israeli delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Power, Trump's special Mideast envoy, Jason Greenblatt, as well as other officials.

The White House official said that it was Greenblatt and Trump's senior adviser, Jared Kushner, who orchestrated the meeting.

"Talks will focus on Israel's security needs vis-a-vis Syria and Lebanon, and will not deal with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process," the White House official said. "The delegation's arrival in Washington is a powerful sign of the trust between Israel and McMaster.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office said in response that the delegation's departure was part of routine security talks between Israel and the U.S.

One of the main issues (but surely not the only issue)that the Israeli delegation is expected to discuss in the talks is the cease-fire agreement in southern Syria and its ramifications. Israel is dissatisfied with the fact that its security interests were not reflected in the draft cease-fire agreement being formulated by the United States and Russia. A senior Israeli official said the delegation was expected to try to persuade senior administration officials that parts of the cease-fire agreement in southern Syria should be amended to include clearer statements about the need to remove Iranian forces, Hezbollah and Shi'ite militias out of Syria.

Mossad chief Cohen said in a security briefing to the government on Sunday that so far Israel's positions were not reflected in the cease-fire agreement in southern Syria, noting specifically the presence of Iranian forces in Syria. "In places where the presence of ISIS is limited, Iran is acting to fill the void," he told the ministers. A few hours later, at a conference in Ashdod, Netanyahu said that Israel strongly opposes the military establishment of Iran and Hezbollah in Syria. "We will do everything necessary to maintain Israel's security," Netanyahu said.

" McCandlish Phillips, a former reporter for The New York Times who wrote
one of the most famous articles in the newspaper’s history — exposing the Orthodox Jewish background OFa senior Ku Klux Klan official"

And yet, in reality we had an Orthodox Jewish Grand Dragon, member of the American Nazi Party exposed, by a New York Times reporter..

Keeping in mind that history repeats. Always.

Is there any reason to believe today's KKK is not infiltrated with some followers of Judaism, who then, as now, can use the existence of the KKK to justify certain advantageous legal safeguards?

Keeping in mind that history repeats. Always.

Mr. Phillips’s most renowned article appeared on Page 1 on Sunday, Oct. 31, 1965, under
the headline “State Klan Leader Hides Secret of Jewish Origin.” It was a
rigorously reported profile of Daniel Burros, a 28-year-old Queens man
who was the Grand Dragon of the New York State Ku Klux Klan, a chief
organizer of the national Klan and a former national secretary of the
American Nazi Party.

Mr. Burros, the article went on to document, was also a Jew — a former Hebrew school student who had been bar mitzvahed at 13.

The article remains a case study in a reporter’s perseverance in the
face of intimidation. It is also a case study in the severe, unintended
consequences that the airing of fiercely guarded truths can have for the
guardian: despite threatening to kill Mr. Phillips if the article went
to press, Mr. Burros, in the end, killed only himself.

I watched a bit of the live coverage as this protest took place. Why was there “live coverage” at all? Let alone on every network including RT? (I remain highly suspicious of RT to this day)Why was it that the spectators and media outnumbered the protestors? That was all I could see. Media. Spectators lined the streets with their cellphones.Not much in the way of protesting... I understood from the media coverage that Antifa, Black Lives Matter and some “Militia” type persons were all present under the big top!

A useless largely parent dependent bunch of self hating middle class white persons, university indoctrinated, mostly male, who can’t have real relationships and spend too much time viewing internet porn while consuming erectile dysfunction drugs. Losers supported by the parents- A product of toxic culture and the globalist agenda.Some members of Antifa recently attacked Gilad Atzmon as he went about his day. Not sure why?I don't think Gilad understood why either

If one militia was infiltrated you can bet others were infiltrated also

The Militia movement, like Antifa & Black Lives Matter- All products of toxic culture and globalist agenda. Manipulated by any number of alphabet agencies- In other words more of the same old/same old

For everyone one there is a political identity that can be manipulated and managed.

And the media presents the circus to the massesStep right up ladies and gents. We got the freaks. The geeks. The marksmen. The outliers.

The Grande Finale.... Drum Roll please?

The lone nut in the car who runs people down- Sometimes one. Often more.This specific grande finale has appeared at many circus shows the world over. You could say it's world renowned.Apparently there is much rubbish making the anti social media rounds concerning this persons UNVERIFIED face book page

Military records show that Mr. Fields entered the Army on Aug. 18, 2015, around the time his mother wrote on Facebook that he had left for boot camp. Less than four months later, on Dec. 11, his period of active duty concluded. It was not immediately clear why he left the military.

I wouldn’t assume he left the military- Don’t know why the NYT’s is suggesting that? Is that what they want you to think? Interesting that this so called racist just happens to kill a white woman? Why would he kill a white woman?Heather Heyer

I am informed by the media she was protesting alleged injustice, but, I don’t know that, and am only getting the story from the media. For all I know she could have simply been a spectator- Wrong place, wrong time

We're supposed to believe she was a paralegal.. But

Mr. Wilson hired Ms. Heyer at the recommendation of a friend. She had a
high school diploma but did not have a background in law. She was
working as a bartender and waitress, but he said she had an eye for
detail and was “a people person.”

So, how was she working as a paralegal. That story doesn't jibe. Did she become a paralegal afterwards? What schooling did she have for this position?She lived alone with her dog? Allegedly named after her favourite colour? According to who? Who provided that personal information to the media? Not mentioned.So she had no mother? No father? No family?Not mentioned

Why did an alleged racist aka black person hater run down a white woman? No matter.You have to believe someone died. That's just good gaming and theatre. Death is always part of the show. It evokes so much emotion. Sadness, fear, anger. Vengeance and more. It leaves you wanting, but, unsure of just what it is you want. Confused. It leaves you confused.

The real question is when is the blood lust of the masses ever going to be satiated. Or will it be egged on to ever greater depravities as society falls to pieces.

When will you stop being a willing viewer. A willing participant. A willing consumer of that which is destroying you. Destroying us all.

Friday, August 11, 2017

Heard someone say this the other day- I thought to myself ..... That's it! It was so simple. So basic. So obvious.Why hadn’t this ever occurred to me? Then I reminded myself often times it is most difficult to see what is in plain sight

To understand where I’m headed with this you must DISCARD the modern day manipulation of the word conspire/conspiracy and get to the root or most basic meaning of it.

Conspire- means to breath together. Or to breath as one. To act in harmony.

Peer Review at it’s most basic means people who appear as equals based on arbitrary(subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion )parameters(limit, boundary) sharing some common attributes,who conspire together (breath/work together)toward a common result or goal.

Making Peer Review at it’s most basic a conspiracy.

Scientists breathing/working together/conspiring with a common goal in mind. Not always truth. So that should not be assumed. The concept of “peer review” has been afforded a prestigious place in society (revered) that is not necessarily warranted or deserved. Since prestige is very often used to trick/ fool or manipulate a receptive audience. Large or small.

Understanding what words represent in reality we must accept that "Peer Review" should be considered first and foremost as a conspiracy of like minded individuals working towards an already agreed upon goal that may or may not be legitimate, correct or valid.

The very fact of peer review as conspiracy explains how you can actually get a “consensus”(general agreement) that isn’t necessarily legitimate or even close to truth. But can still be presented as definitive or authoritative in order to persuade.

The IPCC was created to present an internationally accepted authority on climate change- Self anointed.

The aims of the IPCC are to assess scientific information relevant to:[6] Human-induced climate change, The impacts of human-induced climate change, Options for adaptation and mitigation.

In order create the concept of consensus the IPCC conspired with scientific peers on a pre conceived & pre ordained agenda. The very basis of the idea of conspiracy enshrined in an institution or bureaucracy specifically created as an internationally accepted authority on climate change.

Or how you can have bogus papers getting positive “peer reviews”on agenda specific issues?

"Perception"
is defined as the "process by which individuals select, organize, and
interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order to the
world around them". Components of perception include the perceiver,
target of perception, and the situation.

Perception management is the practice of ensuring the message you
wish to send is understood by the specific individuals or groups you
want to reach.

SBA: “The Kurds – who occupy a mountainous region that includes portions of Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey – are the largest ethnic group in the world without a state to call their own. It is time to change that”

Shlomo Ben Ami says the kurds are an ethnic group in need of their own state. It should come as a surprise to no one that an Israeli would make this case.Particularly when one considers the similarities between the creation of Israel and the attempt at some as yet unfinished Kurdistan.

Why should the Kurds have their own state?I’ve posed this question time and time again to readers here? At Sypers? No one has made a valid case for the creation of a Kurdistan? No one explains clearly and concisely why it is the Kurds need their own state.Shlomo Ben Ami doesn't make a valid, legitimate case either. He, in fact, relies on recycled concepts.

HistoricallyThe Palestinians lost their state. Apparently it was ok, that the resident population, with historical, land & family ties to one another and the soil should forfeit their family relationships and property to be ethnically cleansed for the sake of others.

Today

The Germans can’t have a state for Germans. If they attempt to preserve their ethnicity, language, culture and way of life they are defamed. Norway, Sweden and Denmark can’t have a state for their ethnic people.The Italians are being over run in their own country- No one gives a hoot about their need for an ethnic state unique to them! No one gives a hoot about their right to save their culture, language and identity along with the ties to their own land. In already existing nation states. If the Germans, Swedes, Danes, Italians, Hungarians etc., want their state for their own- They're just being racist!But the Kurds need their own state. For their own ethnic group. And that's not racist, that's just a problem in need of changing. A wrong that needs righting.Double standard.

Historically:

Jews needed their own religious state because it was the "right thing to do" Not right, as in correct, for all the Palestinians permanently displaced and killed. Never mind the constant warfare Israel engages in, as it seeks to expand well beyond it's original UN granted borders, which is a source of unending hardship, strife and displacement in the region. The creation of Israel, sold to us all, was 'just the right thing to do'

Factually and Actually: The creation of Israel was needed to cause, to ensure, the division, strife and endless warfare we see today.

Today:

The Kurds, being vastly Sunni Muslim, we are told, need a state for their own ethnicity. Kurdish. As if this is a unified entity? But, it has to be the ethnicity because their religion, as used in the case of creating Israel, would be a very hard sell. Considering the reality that the religion, Sunni Muslim, of the vast majority of Kurds is not palatable to the masses....the idea of an ethnic based nation is the best selling point and the one being pushed. But just like Israel, the real motivation for the creation of these states is not humanitarian. Or righting previous wrongs. Or global atonement. The motivation for the creation of Kurdistan is the same as the creation of Israel. Hence my use of the Israel 2.0 term. It's a divide to conquer strategy. The blatant double standards employed against existing ethnic/religious groups should make clear to everyone, actually having their thinking cap on, that something else is at
play. We are being sold the idea that some alleged special group of
people requires a unique identity state because this is the 'right thing to do' This is simply the palatable sales pitch. Employed to appeal to humanity's naturally altruistic ways. Do the Kurds, REALLY, deserve their own state at the expense of all the resident Syrians, Iraqis and many others? Should innocent people be ethnically cleansed? Displaced? Land and homes stolen? Legal Documents destroyed or confiscated to impede the ability to reclaim long held lands and homes? Should Christian persons who have been resident in the region since time immemorial be displaced for the new 'chosen' ones so they can have their unique nation state?

The double standard and the mass abuses make clear the agenda to create a Kurdistan is something political. Something divisive. Something that
serves other interests and agendas having nothing to do with altruism,
fairness or humanitarianism. It is very clear that creating "Kurdistan" in whatever way shape or form it is done is nothing more then geopolitical machinations imposed from the global crackpots we shouldn't call leaders.

Which is why Shlomo Ben Ami former foreign minister of Israel, speaking on behalf of a think tanks that promotes "the new global order" is pushing the idea of the need for a Kurdistan.

As has been stated repeatedly here we are witnessing a remake/reshaping of the entire region as part of the new global order. Shlomo Ben Ami is pushing that same goal, with fancy window dressing to have the global masses believe the mass killing, cleansing, weaponized refugees, and environmental destruction is all for the greater good of humanity. It isn't!

Shlomo Ben Ami “But there is a strong case for the United States, in particular, to work toward securing a homeland for the Kurds – a case buttressed by Kurdish militias’ indispensable contribution to defeating the Islamic State.”

That’s the sales pitch. They deserve a state, look at their brave contribution. They should be rewarded. Sounds so good, right? Except that's a steaming pile of excrement. Since it is plainly obvious that ISIS and the Kurds are both US proxies, making it very difficult for a thinking person to buy into this idea of an actual ‘indispensible contribution’ made to fight ISIS. Rather then an actual manipulation via the perception managing media to justify the new global order. Mr Ben Ami derides Turkey rather heavily in the rest of the article, I’ll use that for another piece regarding Turkey specifically. For now let’s talk about the contrived fictional narrative built around the concept of the Kurds requiring an ethnic state of their own. A privilege afforded a very few nations which suggest, quite clearly, another agenda is being advanced.

Washington’s chief objective in Syria is either toppling Bashar al-Assad or destroying Syria’s integrity, in particular, with the help from Syrian Kurds’ armed groups, Boris Dolgov, Senior Research Fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, told a round-table dedicated to the upcoming sixth round of negotiations on the Syrian settlement in Astana."I am confident that the United States’ objective is removing Assad from power or breaking up Syria as a country," he said. "They used to rely on Islamist forces, including extremist ones, but when this did not work, they began to support Kurdish forces vigorously."According to the expert, the fact that the Syrian Kurds set a minimum goal of a broad autonomy for the Kurds, and, as maximum, creating an independent state, is in line with Washington’s plans in the region.Dolgov stressed that the obvious evidence of the interest in Kurds’ support by the Americans are active weapons supplies to the Kurdish units by the US.

Washington is implementing its step-by-step plan to create a Kurdish independent state in northern Syria, Turkish journalist and political observer Mehmet Ali Guller believes.The basis of the fight against Daesh [ISIS/ISIL], which was dubbed as the 'Obama strategy' in the US, was to place the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the territories liberated from terrorists,""Thus, the United States planned to unify the three cantons claimed by the PYD and expand the territory further downwards, and also to ensure the legitimacy of the Kurdish state in the course of the fight against Daesh," he assumed.Guller believes that Washington is determined to stay the course.

For what it’s worth I agree 100 percent with Guller. The US has every intention of staying the course in order to weaken Syria. Balkanize. Federalize. Whichever. A weaker Syria is the goal.Better for Israel. Better for the US. Worse for everyone else in the region.

In fact, this major process of training [of US proxies] is being conducted right now. How? By training and providing military assistance to Kurdish self-defense units whom the United States continues to deliver wagons of weapons, most notably, heavy weapons," the Turkish journalist highlighted.According to Guller, the Pentagon is trying to transform the YPG into a regular army.

Indeed. A nation needs a military. Particularly a nation like Kurdistan which will serve the same agenda, play the same role in the region as Israel. Destabilize their neighbours and expand territory.

"If this happens, the YPG will be able to boost their positions in northern Syria and assert their dominance there," he believes.

As stated by yours truly "It seems much
more likely that there is cooperation and coordination between the Kurds and ISIS. It’s a
thought that has been in the back of my mind for sometime now. When one
takes a look at the land grabbed by ISIS and the desired Kurdistan one
can’t help but see something taking shape. Something like a new nation"

Yup, yours truly, again!: Kurdistan, like Israel and Kosovo, is being created for purely
political, geopolitical and resource advantages. In Iraq an independent
Kurdish state is present in all but official recognition.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Anyone who has read here for the past three years or longer, knows with certainty, I do not find this request a surprise or a shock. The YPG/PKK, always misrepresented and grossly so, as "Syrian Kurds", wants the US led "coalition", which is approximately 95 percent the US doing the bombing & ethnic cleansing of real Syrians, to block the SAA from taking back territory from ISIS because the "Syrian Kurds" can't get there fast enough to have ISIS hand it over to them!

ARA news - Also covered by Daily Sabah, but, I went to a Kurdish media outlet (ARA) for the information below. All those that cheered these thug Kurdish militias on have earned my everlasting disgust.

Leading members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday held a meeting with officials of the US-led coalition and discussed the Assad regime’s threats on the federal border, and discussed the future of Raqqa after ISIS is defeated.

The “federal border”? Of what? Federal border of where? Northern Syria? That's Syria! Raqqa? That's Syria! Deir Ezzor. That's Syria! Syrian Territory Annexed/Stolen by PKK/YPG territory with the help of the US and Israel is Syrian territory.

The meeting was attended by officials of the US State Department, and the commander of the US special forces in northern Syria.

How can there be a US Commander of Special Forces in Syria? Is the US illegally occupying Syria and assisting in the ethnic cleansing of ordinary Syrians? Yes!

The meeting included local officials such as Ilham Ahmed, (kurd) the joint co-head of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), SDF spokespersons Jihan Sheikh Ahmed (kurd) and Talal Silo (kurd), and Layla Mustafa,(kurd) the co-head of the Raqqa Civilian Council, besides the two co-Chairs of the Tabqa Council, and Idris Mohammed, (kurd) head of the Internal Security Forces in Raqqa.

Gosh, where are the Arab Syrians..

"The meeting focused on the challenges facing Raqqa after its liberation on all levels, including security, governance, and economy. Moreover, the goal was to form a common vision on the future of the alliance between the US-led coalition and the SDF-affiliated forces and governance bodies.

The officials also discussed interventions of regional countries and attempts by the Syrian regime to obstruct the Raqqa campaign. “This was one of the most important challenges that must be addressed,” SDF officials told the coalition.

“Therefore, the international coalition must do what it has to do to deter the Syrian regime in its violations on the federal border.”

I'll repeat that!“Therefore,
the international coalition must do what it has to do to deter the
Syrian regime in its violations on the federal border.”

"The meeting also discussed the security of post-liberation Raqqa, and the institutionalization of local police forces in cooperation with the US-led coalition.The coalition is coordinating with Russia to prevent attempts by the Syrian government to hinder the Raqqa campaign.

“Syrian regime forces are very close to the area that our forces (US-backed SDF) are operating in, and we actually had an incident on June 18th in which our forces shot down a Syrian jet that violated an agreement that we had on the ground of where they could go and where they could not go,” coalition envoy Brett McGurk said on Friday."

“Since then, we have drawn what we call a deconfliction line with the Russians to help accelerate the campaign in Raqqa and to basically make clear where their forces will be and where our forces will be,” he said.

“This has held extremely well. This is now in place. Our military personnel speak with the Russians every day, and we, of course, have diplomatic consultations on issues like this far less frequently but whenever we need to,” he concluded.

While the SDF forces are liberating Raqqa neighbourhood by neighbourhood, Syrian regime-backed tribal forces and the Syrian army are pushing ISIS back south of Raqqa"

It's been a busy news day. Below is the information I'd mentioned as forthcomingWell, it's here.......... Yup, an Australian jihadi, via a video made in Raqqa, urges ISIS adherents to strike at the Philippines. And Australia too! Australia being an afterthought. The Philippines being the main attraction.

Coinciding with the US desire to strike the Philippines as mentioned in yesterday's post?

An Australian jihadist in Syria has issued a propaganda video urging attacks on the Philippines.

Mounir Raad, now known as Abu Adam al-Australia, also urges Islamic State supporters to use petrol, nail guns and trucks to target civilians in Australia.

The former Melbourne resident is seem among the rubble of Raqqa as the net closes in on IS in the Middle East.

Raad calls on Muslims in Australia to join the fight in the Philippines and attacks the Australian government for assisting in the Marawi conflict against his ‘brothers’.

“As for those of you who can’t make it to this battle [in Syria] … in particular to the Mujahideen [holy warriors] in Australia, then you should go aid your brothers in the fight against the crusader government of the Philippines,” he said.

Today the Australian government claimed it was donating money to help “rebuild” the war torn Islamic city of Marawi. “Rebuild” or foster an insurgency?

Today (Tuesday, August 8) it was announced that the Australian
government is donating about 800 million pesos to help rebuild the
war-torn Islamic city of Marawi.

And Abu Adam al Australi says look the Australian government is pledging
to assist, where is your pledge... Like they are on the same team?!

Addressing the camera, Raad said: “The Australian government has already
pledged to help and assist, so where is your pledge to Allah and
Muslim, where is your pledge to Allah and Muslim?

Location, location, location

And curiously we had that crash of the American Forces Osprey off the coast of Australia

As I've been mentioning, repeatedly. It's been consistently cooler here in my neck of the woods.This has been the case for years now. Gone are the weeks of heat warnings we used to have in the 80's and '90's. We have not had one day, thus far, of extreme heat never mind regular heat. Toronto had a day or two of heat alerts in June 2017.No "extreme" alerts.

Peak demand is when we pay the most extravagant electricity rates imaginable.I've reported on the extreme high cost of electricity in this province and the hardship it's causing on the populace of Ontario.

Hydro One Ltd. reported a lower second-quarter profit as revenue fell compared with a year ago, reflecting the impact of milder weather and a delay in a rate decision.

The owner of Ontario’s largest electricity distribution system says milder weather during the quarter ended June 30 resulted in less demand during peak pricing periods.

Revenue fell 11.3 per cent to $1.37-billion while revenue excluding purchased power slipped 2.8 per cent to $722-million.

Net income for the Hydro One shareholders dropped to $117-million, or 20 cents per diluted share, compared with $152-million or 25 cents per diluted share a year ago.

Hydro One almost certainly sold off any excess electricity at dirt cheap rates to surrounding purchasers, including in the US. As they gouge those of us resident in Ontario.

The Australian navy says it has found the missing U.S. aircraft that crashed into the sea Saturday off Australia's east coast.

Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement the submerged aircraft was located "shortly after" Royal Australian Navy survey ship HMAS Melville arrived in Shoalwater Bay.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Navy divers are working with the crew of the Melville at the crash site and are using remotely operated underwater vehicles.

The aircraft had been launched from the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship and was involved in routine operations when it crashed.

Twenty-three people aboard the MV-22 Osprey were rescued, but three Marines remained missing.

The U.S. military launched a search and rescue effort for the missing Marines, but eventually changed that operation to a recovery effort in coordination with Australian defense forces. The families of the missing Marines were notified.

The aircraft was in Australia after completing a joint U.S.-Australian military training exercise at least two weeks ago in Shoalwater Bay. The biennial exercise involved some 30,000 troops and 200 aircraft. Australian troops are among U.S.-led coalition forces fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Marine Corps did not say what caused the crash, but indicated it is under investigation.

The Osprey is designed to take off like a helicopter and rotate its propellers to fly like a plane. Its development was almost cancelled after 23 marines were killed during a flight test in 2000. The U.S. military grounded its Osprey fleet in Japan last December after one of them crash-landed into the sea, injuring all five crew members on board.

Perhaps the Osprey should have been redesigned or just shelved?

The Osprey is built by Boeing Company and Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter division.

Monday, August 7, 2017

US May Strike “ISIS” in the Philippines. Before we get to the very interesting news regarding China/ Philippines Joint South China Sea Development we'll read the news regarding the decision making for the desired attack on the Philippines that may take place as early as tomorrow. And we'll read about the dredging and land creation China & the Philippines have embarked on.

The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to
conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials
told NBC News.

The authority to strike ISIS targets as part
of collective self-defense could be granted as part of an official
military operation that may be named as early as Tuesday, said the
officials. The strikes would likely be conducted by armed drones.

There is a small U.S. military presence on the ground supporting the counter-ISIS fight, called Joint Special Operations Task Force Trident.

If approved, the U.S. military would be able to conduct strikes against
ISIS targets in the Philippines that could be a threat to allies in the
region, which would includethe Philippine forces battling ISIS on the
ground in the country's southern islands.

Last month, the vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs endorsed the idea
of naming the mission in the Philippines, saying that naming it would
provide more funding.

Speaking/naming the mission into reality- Oh the implications of that, on so many levels.

"In every case where we see the resurgence of terror networks," said
Gen. Paul Selva in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee,
"particularly in the fragile areas of the southern Philippines, I think
it's worth considering whether or not we reinstate a named operation,
not only to provide for the resources that are required, but to give the
Pacific Command commander and the field commanders in the Philippines
the kinds of authorities they need to work with indigenous Philippine
forces to actually help them be successful in that battle space."

Naming the mission will then make it real, official and authoritative in your mind.....

Imagine the damage to the ocean ecosystem when this type of action is undertaken? Unbelievable. Al Gore should train activists and make a movie about this, rather then continue to work on behalf of big oil as they profit/benefit from the carbon agenda- oh never mind.. that would be real environmental concern.

China and the Philippines were planning to build four artificial islands. The four new artificial islands appear to be planned around Davao.
They will be developed for mixed-use, business and residential purposes
along the coastline under a P39-billion reclamation project that city
government plans to undertake with a major private developer.The joint venture agreement was signed by the city government and Mega Harbour Port and Development Inc. last month.“There will be no relocation because President Duterte does not want
to remove the people in the area,” said Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang,
chair of the city council’s committee on finance and ways and means.

A Chinese state-owned company said to have been involved in Beijing’s
island-building in the South China Sea signed a deal to construct
islands in a mega project in Davao. CCCC Dredging will create four artificial islands totalling 208
hectares of reclaimed land in Davao, the port city on the southern
island of Mindanao where Duterte was mayor.

The rates at which land is reclaimed and the technology involved is amazing.

Beijing’s South China Sea land reclamation work has reportedly resulted in 2,900 acres
of land reclaimed over a period of roughly 20 months, from early 2014
to August 2015. Here, perspective is important: of the other countries
to reclaim land in the South China Sea, Vietnam has reclaimed 80 acres,
Malaysia has reclaimed 70, the Philippines has reclaimed 14 and Taiwan
has reclaimed approximately eight over various length of time. China has
managed to create more than 17 times more land in 20 months than all of
the other claimants combined over the past 40 years, accounting for 95
percent of all artificial land in the Spratlys.

The main driving force of China’s reclamation has been a fleet of new
dredgers, including the technologically advanced self-propelled
cutter-suction dredger (CSD) Tianjing, which is capable of dredging and
reclaiming land at a rate of 4,500 cubic meters an hour. These dredgers
simply did not exist 15 years ago, yet now China can deploy dozens of
them simultaneously in the South China Sea.

China’s largest accomplishment in dredge-building came in 2010, with
the launching of Tianjing, China’s first self-propelled CSD, and also
Asia’s largest self-propelled CSD and the world’s third largest.

This 120-meter-long ship can dredge up to 4,500 m3/h, more than
100,000 m3 of material a day, at a maximum depth of 30 meters, and
travel at speeds of up to 12 knots. Tianjing also boasts a total
installed power of 25,760 kilowatts. However, while the large CSD
certainly represents a Chinese technological breakthrough, it was not
solely the product of Chinese design, but rather the cooperative efforts
of SJTU and Vosta LMG, a German company that also built the Ursa, a 115
meter-long self-propelled CSD

As I have noted before, the idea of jointly exploring and exploiting
resources is not new to the Sino-Philippine relationship (See: “The Danger of Duterte’s South China Sea Approach”).
Indeed, Chinese interlocutors are fond of reminding observers that
former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping had wisely proposed this formulation
to the Philippine government as early as the 1980s, including during a
meeting with then-Philippine President Corazon Aquino back in 1988.There is also no surprise as to why the idea of China-Philippines
joint development continues to be periodically resurrected despite the
challenges it has confronted, including under the current Duterte
government. Simply put, it does offer immediate opportunities that can
be seized for both sides.

For the Philippines, it would finally give it a way to secure its energy
needs. These needs are especially dire as the Malampaya gas field –
which supplies nearly a third of the electricity demand of Luzon, the
country’s largest island – will run out in a decade or so,and Manila
has been unable to pursue new sources such as in Reed Bank (Recto Bank)
unilaterally due to Chinese opposition. Though Duterte has a rather
shaky relationship with the truth, his suggestion that Chinese President
Xi Jinping had threatened war if the Philippines exploited resources
unilaterally tracks with official Chinese rhetoric, which Wang Yi
repeated this week.

More broadly, as part of the warming of Sino-Philippine ties underway
since Duterte came to office, the Duterte government hopes it could
also lead to more Chinese investments into the Philippines to boost the
economy, whether these be in a bilateral form or as part of wider
initiatives like the much-ballyhooed Belt and Road Initiative (See: “The Real Trouble With China’s Belt and Road”).

For China, in addition to capitalizing on the dramatic turnaround in
its ties with a U.S. treaty ally, it also offers a way for Beijing to
maintain its uncompromising stance that it still has sovereignty over
most of the South China Sea at other claimants’ expense while also
securing a partner as well as a market for resource exploitation.

More generally, in China’s eyes, it would also add some credence to the
idea – or, as I’ve termed it, the illusion – that there is indeed a
cooling down period at play in the South China Sea, which allows Beijing
greater room to restrict what other claimants, non-claimants, and other
extraregional actors do to counteract its own moves in the South China
Sea.

But the trouble with China-Philippines joint development in the South
China Sea is not that these immediate opportunities do not exist for
these respective parties. Rather, it is that these immediate
opportunities mask, and are outweighed by, the massive risks related to
the past, current context, and near future, and the Duterte government
has not done near enough to prove otherwise.

Put simply the opportunities for China/ Philippines do exist for one another, but, the reward may not be worth the risks.. Which may explain the sudden appearance of ISIS along with the US wanting to bomb the Philippines. That's falls into the risk category.

All article can and should be read at the links provided. Lots more information there then posted here.

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Of course, the Kurdish militias will be the party that take Deir Ezzor with the assistance of the US ! It's the most obvious answer given all that has gone on previously.

"This
leaves the SDF as the United States’ most likely ally in the battle for
Deir Ezzor"

Did anyone expect the US was going to side with any other party in the battle for Deir Ezzor?They weren't going to side with Syria and any of it's allies. So who else but the YPG/PKK/SDF would be chosen as ally to the US to "fight" ISIS. As if ISIS is anything but a US proxy, long aided by US and Israeli airpower. Keeping in mind1-The symbiotic relationship between Kurds and ISIS.2-How both sides are backed by the US3-And how it is ISIS always walks away when the Kurds come there way.

I’ve long mentioned those very factors as the reason for the illusion of Kurdish militia success against their ISIS partners .

"Observers are focusing increasing attention on the coming battle for
Deir Ezzor, which will come next after the battle for Raqqa, the latter
having been launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces on June 6, 2017.
Deir Ezzor province is the second largest province of Syria in terms of
area, after Homs.It occupies an important geographical position for
all parties to the Syrian conflict, sharing a frontier with Iraq’s Anbar
province, where border villages such as Rawa and al-Qaim, close to the
Syrian town of al-Bukamal, are still under the control of the Islamic
State (ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh). Deir Ezzor also borders on three provinces
of Syria. It consists of three main regions: Deir Ezzor city,
Al-Mayadeen and al-Bukamal. Its economy is largely based on rich
agricultural lands, famous for their production of cotton and wheat, as
well as oil and gas reserves. The province was the first in Syria to
fall out of regime hands, apart from a section of Deir Ezzor city and
its military airport. ISIS took control of the province in July 2014
after a bloody fight with Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions and al-Qaeda’s
Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front.

The escalation towards a
battle for Deir Ezzor began in April this year as the struggle for the
Syrian desert started to become a military priority. The FSA in March
launched an operation it dubbed “We Saddled the Horses to Cleanse the
Hamad,” a reference to a vast area of Syria’s desert. The offensive
aimed to open a corridor to eastern Qalamoun, which is under siege by
regime forces and ISIS. FSA forces managed to take control of large
areas of Syrian desert, stretching from the Damascus countryside to
Suwaida in the southwest and including the eastern Qalamoun region in
the Damascus countryside. In May, the regime and its allies began
advancing in the desert from two axes, first from the Aliyaniyah area of
Homs province and secondly from the south of Palmyra, meeting in the
Ras al-Wa’r area on the Iraqi border. Ras al-Wa’r is around 30 km
northeast of the Zakaf base recently set up by the international
coalition against ISIS and its local ally, the Revolutionary Commandos
Army (previously known as the New Syrian Army) as a forward base to
protect the al-Tanaf base and for launching military operations towards
Deir Ezzor. Regime-allied militias have cut off the road that would link
Syrian opposition and coalition forces in the desert to Deir Ezzor,
reducing their chances of advancing on the province.

The only
option for FSA forces in the desert after regime forces cut off the
route was the recent American suggestion to the Revolutionary Commandos
Army that it move some of its forces to another coalition base in the
al-Shadadi area of Hasakeh province, north-east of Deir Ezzor, where the
Elite Force (the military wing of political group Syria’s Tomorrow
Movement) are based, under the command of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jarba. These
forces have fought pitched battles in the western , especially
northwestern Deir Ezzor countryside, where the Elite Force advanced in
coordination with the SDF and seized the Abu Khashab and Jarawan areas
of the province’s northwest with air support from the coalition.

FSA forces are still rejecting this suggestion as they would be forced
to enter Deir Ezzor in coordination with the SDF. However, the FSA and
the Elite Force have very few personnel, who could not possibly be
sufficient to start the battle for Deir Ezzor given Turkey’s flat
refusal to allow Euphrates Shield forces to take part in such a fateful
battle (because Turkey’s priority is securing its own border). This
leaves the FSA with two options: either agree to work with the SDF or
allow the SDF to enter Deir Ezzor alone"

Turkey's priority is securing it's own border... as has been repeatedly stated here. For years and years.

"It makes sense to rule
out the possibility of regime forces taking complete control of Deir
Ezzor, especially in light of American military policy in eastern Syria,
where Washington has found itself forced to escalate against regime and
allied forces. American air strikes have not prevented the regime and
its allies from advancing as far as the Iraqi border. At the same time,
the United States seems to have the strategic goal of scaling back
Iranian clout in Syria as much as possible"

"
where Washington has found itself forced to escalate against regime and
allied forces."

Washington has wanted, has desired, an escalation against Syria and has in fact escalated against Syria since 2011.There has never been a reduction in their intent, an alteration in their course, to escalate against Syria. Obama, same as Trump, have stayed on target.

"Washington is also
aware of the great distance separating the SDF from Deir Ezzor, while
regime forces are now on the edges of the strategically vital city of
Sukhna on the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor road after taking control of the
Dibsan, Al-Dali’a, Al-Fahda and Al-Zamla oil fields, among others.
Sukhna, 100 km from Deir Ezzor, sits in a rough area of hills and
valleys where it makes sense for ISIS to embed itself and defend the
area, ambush troops, and inflict major losses on regime forces"

And ISIS will do just that. After all this is not their Kurdish evil twins were talkin' about

"Furthermore, the United States has barred regime forces and Iranian
militias from advancing on areas it sees as sensitive, especially those
along the Iraqi border, while regime forces could be allowed to make
incursions into the depths of the desert and, in all likelihood, take
over the Shamiyya side of the desert. The Shamiyya
side is the area west of Deir Ezzor city and south of Raqqa city. The
regime’s success seems more secure after its recent rapid advance, with
the backing of its allies, south of Raqqa city, taking advantage of ISIS
forces’ focus on battle for Raqqa. This advance puts the regime 60 km
from Deir Ezzor city, and could provide the chance for the regime to
break ISIS’ siege on the Deir Ezzor military airport. However, it would
take a significant effort for the regime to reach the airport before the
battle for Raqqa is over."

Recall this area was where the US "accidentally" on purpose bombed Syrian Army

"US-led coalition jets have bombed Syrian government forces’
positions near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, killing 62 troops and
"paving the way" for Islamic State militants, the Syrian Army General
Command told the state television.

"Immediately
after the airstrike by coalition planes, Islamic State militants
launched their offensive. Fierce fighting with the terrorists is
currently underway in the area of the airport where for a long a time
humanitarian aid for civilians was parachuted,” Konashenkov said"

Back to Atlantic Council

"The Syrian regime knows very well
that its chances of taking full control of Deir Ezzor province are next
to zero, but it will not stop its troops from advancing everywhere
possible, exploiting the long front it shares with ISIS in south-eastern
Aleppo, eastern Hama, and eastern and southern Homs. It will also take
advantage of the fact the SDF is busy with the battle for Raqqa. Thus,
regime forces over the past two months made advances in southeastern
Aleppo, southern Raqqa province and north of Palmyra. This
leaves the SDF as the United States’ most likely ally in the battle for
Deir Ezzor, for many reasons; first and foremost, the experience its
troops have gained in dealing with the coalition, its aircraft, and its
military tactics. SDF-held areas in the eastern Raqqa countryside and
southern Hasaka province are the group’s closest strongholds to ISIS in
Deir Ezzor. The area separating the SDF and ISIS in northern and western
Deir Ezzor is a flat landscape free of rugged terrain, which allows
coalition aircraft to carry out strikes against any IS forces in the
area. The SDF can be expected to make rapid gains in this area until
they reach Deir Ezzor and the other major cities along the Euphrates
river.

The United States will make major efforts to persuade FSA
forces in the Syrian desert to join the SDF in the fight for Deir Ezzor
because it knows it needs an Arab force among its allies in this
battle, especially given that the vast majority of these FSA troops in
the region originate from Deir Ezzor, a region dominated by tribes that
will not accept a new governing structure, especially one run by
non-Arabs (and specifically Kurds).

I personally don't see the need for an Arab force as much of a real concern for the US- And have read this type of claim made by varying writers. It always strikes me as empty words or lip service? Look at what is going on in Raqqa? It's pretty much ethnic cleansing in order to change the demographics. Of course, I could be mistaken.

But it is likely these FSA
factions will join the SDF, hoping to roll back the influence of the
Kurdish-majority force in Deir Ezzor due to the sensitivities between
Kurds and Arabs in the eastern area, which ISIS has sought for years to
exacerbate—on top of SDF abuses in the fight for Raqqa. More
importantly, the FSA and the tribes, all of which are Sunnis, fear that
Iraq’s Shiite-dominated Popular Mobilization Units will enter Deir
Ezzor, which would be a nightmare come true for the province’s
residents. That fear has grown with the creation of a Syrian PMU
battalion in Hasakeh, which the Syrian regime announced in coordination
with the Ukaidat and Bakara tribes following a deal to form a tribal
force to fight ISIS. That coincided with the publication of pictures of
tribal notables in Hasakeh, including Hassan Mohammad Al-Muslat and
Abdulhamid Al-Kandah, alongside a Shia leader. The people of Deir Ezzor
also fear forced conscription of young men by the SDF. The
scenarios are many and increasingly complicated. Exactly how the battle
for Deir Ezzor will play out is not clear, due to America’s
unpredictable policy on managing the conflict in Syria, which is drawn
up by military minds at the Pentagon and has yet to give serious thought
to anything beyond military affairs and how to military defeat ISIS in
the shortest time possible. On top of that, there are hidden divisions
between the Pentagon, a new keystone power in the south, and the
Military Operations Center (MOC) that is partly run by the CIA. The
Pentagon relies on the Revolutionary Commandos Army as its main ally,
while the CIA works mostly with the remaining factions of the FSA. The Russian’s, for their part, have not show clear indication of their
intent yet.The Russians are focusing their attention on securing their
airports and their vast stocks of military equipment around Damascus,
including at the al-Sin, al-Damir, Khalkhala, Maraj, Rahil, al-Nasariya
and al-Mazze air bases and Damascus International Airport. However, they
have allowed their agents—regime forces and Iranian-backed militias
(Hezbollah, Al-Nukhaba, Al-Fatimiyoun Al-Afghan, Al-Zaynabiyoun,
Pakistani fighters)—to conduct raids deep into the Syrian desert for the
first time since the start of the Syrian revolution, as well as seizing
oil and gas fields. But the Russian response to American air strikes on
a convoy of its regime and militia allies in the Syrian desert did not
go beyond a diplomatic response, doing little more than save Moscow’s
face with its allies, who had sustained a painful blow.

Think about this?

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